jpdb beta

mother

1

women's dormitory

1

sprinkler

1

operation; functioning; running

1

Afro

4

arabesque; scrollwork

1

wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

2

helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between

1

financial power; financial means; wealth

3

closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly

1

rental apartment; block of rented apartments

2

price; value; cost

1

space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare

2

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

1

(feeling of) shame

2

to be fated to; be linked by fate

1

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

1

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix

1

acquaintance

2

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

3

ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

3

standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

1

no concern of mine; nothing to do with me

2

daytime television serial; soap opera

2

absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely

2

fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable

1

serious error; gross mistake

2

fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

1

vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)

2

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

1

way of thinking

1

good government

1

to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter

3

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

2

(wedding) aisle

1

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

1

beloved; dearest

3

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

6

black kite (Milvus migrans)

1

amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy

1

to talk volubly

2

emotional; sentimental

1

ability to ignore bad things happening to one; power to not get upset or worked up (by ignoring something)

1

to press a question; to cross-examine

4